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Greentech Media // Aug 26, 2013

Noesis Survey Reveals Constraint In Untapped Efficiency Market   

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TESLA MODEL S SEDAN RECEIVES TOP CRASH TEST SAFETY RATINGS

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Milestone Installation For Photovoltaic Microinverters

Largest Federal Wind Farm To Be Built At Texas Nuclear Weapons Facility

Cree, the well-known manufacturer of silicon carbide-based semiconductors and LED lighting systems, continues to dazzle with its latest production. It has launched the first low-cost, high-quality, LED street light. This low-cost, bright light could speed adoption of LED street lights as cities update their lighting infrastructure. Read more here. 

Edison International, a public utility company based in California, announced that it had acquired SoCore Energy, a solar company based in Chicago. SoCore, which was founded in 2008, will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edison International. Over the last five years, SoCore's partners have included large companies like Ikea and Walgreen Co., as well as several other industrial, commercial, and retail customers. 

Ecotality, an AEE member company and California-based electric vehicle (EV) charging startup, has begun to install EV chargers at workplaces. EV drivers use workplace EV charging as much as 300 percent more than typical public chargers attached to municipal buildings or public parking lots. Installation of workplace chargers is especially important as EV adoption is on the rise. The LA Times reports: "In a recent survey, Ecotality found its workplace chargers showed a dramatic increase in usage over the first half of 2013, up about 61%."